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Surface 3 Technical Specs
Basically uses an cheap(~50$) junky embedded / phone quality CPU called Intel Atom x7.
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Surface Pro 3 Technical Specs
Options let you choose from all 3 series of Intel® Core™ 4th generation mobile CPUs, with 4th generation HD graphics, ie: HD4200 (i3), HD4400 (i5), HD5000 (i7) respectively.
NOTE: The above links are obsolete (and have been removed) as the Microsoft Store no longer sells the old Surface 3 series. The following link is to the MS Support site:
Current offerings as of JAN 2022:
- Surface Go 3
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RAM: 4GB or 8GB (LPDDR3)
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Storage: 64GB (eMMC) w/ Pentium or 128GB (SSD) w/ Core i3
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CPUs: Dual-core Intel®
- Pentium® Gold 6500Y processor
- 10th Gen Core™ i3-10100Y processor
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GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics 615 (integrated - shares system RAM)
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DISPLAY:
- Screen: 10.5” PixelSense™ Display
- Resolution: 1920 x 1280 (220 PPI)
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Connect: Built-in WiFi, plus optional LTE Advanced
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OS:
- Consumer: Windows 11 Home in S mode*
- Business: Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11 Pro
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* NOTE: To run desktop SketchUp with Ruby extensions, you will need to switch the OS permanently out of S mode. Otherwise you would be limited to running only Windows Store Apps and so only the SketchUp web editions within a browser.
Surface Pro X will NOT run x86 compiled SketchUp 64bit builds!
It cannot run the 2016 M1 32bit x86 compiled build under emulation,
as SketchUp requires OpenGL support which Adreno graphics do not.
Surface Pro X machines will be limited to running SketchUp for Web editions in a browser.
- Surface Pro X
- RAM: 8GB or 16GB (LPDDR4x)
- SSD: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
- CPU: ARM64 based SoC
- Microsoft SQ® 1 (Qualcomm)
- Microsoft SQ® 2 (Qualcomm)
- GPU: (integrated - shares system RAM)
- Microsoft (Qualcomm) Adreno™ 685 GPU
- Microsoft (Qualcomm) Adreno™ 690 GPU
- DISPLAY:
- Screen: 13” PixelSense™ Display
- Resolution: 2880x1920 (267 PPI)
- Connect: choose Wi-Fi or optional Gigibit LTE
- OS:
- with only Wi-Fi: Windows 11 Home on ARM
- with opt. LTE: Windows 10 Home on ARM (upgrade to Windows 11 when available)
- Surface Pro 7
- RAM: 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB (LPDDR4x)
- SSD: 128GB, 256GB or 512GB
- CPU:
- Dual-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1 Processor
- Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4 Processor
- Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor
- GPU: (integrated - shares system RAM)
- Intel® UHD Graphics (i3)
- Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics (i5, i7)
- DISPLAY:
- Screen: 12.3” PixelSense™ Display
- Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI)
- OS: Windows 10 Home
- Surface Pro 7+ (for Business)
- RAM: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB (LPDDR4x)
- SSD: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
- CPU:
- Dual-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1 Processor
- Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4 Processor
- Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor
- GPU: (integrated - shares system RAM)
- Intel® UHD Graphics (i3)
- Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics (i5, i7)
- DISPLAY:
- Screen: 12.3” PixelSense™ Display
- Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI)
- OS: Windows 10 Pro
- Surface Pro 8
- RAM: 8GB, 16GB or 32GB (LPDDR4x)
- SSD: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
- CPU:
- Quad-core 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Processor
- Quad-core 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 Processor
- i5 and i7 options with storage 256GB and above built on the Intel® Evo™ platform
- GPU: (integrated - shares system RAM)
- Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (i5, i7)
- DISPLAY:
- Screen: 13” PixelSense™ Flow Display
- Resolution: 2880 x 1920 (267 PPI)
- Up to 120Hz refresh rate (60Hz default)
- OS:
- Consumer: Windows 11 Home
- Business: Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11 Pro
Ref:
Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 Processor
Intel® Core™ i3 Mobile Processors with Intel® Graphics